The climate of Espirito Santo: when to go to Espirito Santo

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The Brazilian state of Espirito Santo has a tropical climate which, due to the different altitudes, varies between the tropical altitude climate that characterizes the area of the highlands, and the classic tropical climate that characterizes the flat area along the coast.

The differences between these two types of climates are mainly due to the temperatures, which decrease with increasing height, as regards the rains in the internal regions, the dry season is more marked. On average, locations in the state receive between 1,100 mm and 1,400 mm of rain per year.

Inland the rainy season begins in October and ends in March, the least rainy months are those between June and August. Along the coast, the rainy season occurs between October and April, and August is the least rainy month.

The temperatures along the coast are high, the average maximum ones vary between 32 ° C and 26 ° C, while the average minimum ones vary between 17 ° C and 23 ° C. Inland temperatures decrease with height, in these regions there are average minimum temperatures which are almost 10 ° C less than those along the coast.

The sea water temperature varies between 27 ° C in February and March and 23 ° C in the months between July and September.

WHEN TO GO IN THE STATE OF ESPIRITO SANTO

The best time to visit the places in the state of Espirito Santo are the driest and coolest months between May and September.

THE CLIMATE OF ESPIRITO SANTO: CLIMATE TABLES

VILA VELHA (4 meters)
Month	Average low (°C)	Average high (°C)	Precip. (mm)	Precip. days
January	22,7	31,5	118,0
February	23,1	31,8	81,3
March	22,8	31,8	111,1
April	21,5	29,9	115,1
May	19,8	28,3	86,6
June	18,4	27,2	60,6
July	17,8	26,4	55,4
August	18,3	27,3	44,6
September	19,1	27,3	77,1
October	20,4	28,0	122,2
November	21,2	29,0	178,5
December	22,0	30,2	203,3
YEAR	20,5	29,0	1253,8

IÚNA (670 meters)
Month	Average low (°C)	Average high (°C)	Precip. (mm)	Precip. days
January	17,2	29,5	198
February	17,2	29,2	110
March	15,7	27,5	128
April	13,4	26,1	79
May	11,1	25,2	48
June	10,5	24,4	17
July	11,3	25,2	31
August	13,0	25,7	31
September	14,8	26,5	54
October	16,1	27,3	123
November	16,9	27,8	181
December	15,3	26,9	209
YEAR			1209

COLATINA (71 meters)
Month	Average low (°C)	Average high (°C)	Precip. (mm)	Precip. days
January	21,4	31,9	183
February	21,4	32,1	95
March	20,6	31,4	127
April	19,0	29,8	73
May	17,3	28,7	56
June	16,3	27,7	31
Juli	16,4	27,6	33
August	17,3	27,9	31
September	18,7	28,4	62
October	19,9	29,2	126
November	20,6	29,9	189
December	20,1	30,0	205
YEAR			1211

CONCEIÇÃO DA BARRA (3 meters)
Month	Average low (°C)	Average high (°C)	Precip. (mm)	Precip. days
January	22,2	30,3	127
February	22,2	30,5	96
March	21,6	29,7	136
April	20,3	28,6	128
May	18,7	27,2	73
June	17,8	26,3	70
July	18,5	26,0	82
August	17,9	26,2	57
September	19,3	27,0	64
October	20,4	27,7	108
November	21,2	28,4	190
December	20,9	28,4	187
YEAR			1318